Severe asthma and bronchiectasis.

CONCLUSIONS: We found that in patients with severe asthma, the prevalence of bronchiectasis is high and that bronchiectasis is associated with a longer asthma history, greater severity and, more importantly, chronic airflow obstruction. These findings are still insufficient evidence to considere features of asthma-bronchiectasis overlap syndrome, a distinct phenotype of severe asthma, but bronchiectasis is a frequent phenomenon leading to a more severe disease with frequent exacerbations. The performance of thorax HRCT on patients with severe asthma can help to evaluate management strategies for the disease in order to improve treatment and prognosis. PMID: 30784336 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Asthma - February 21, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Asthma Source Type: research